Fighting The Battle Against Cancer When Children Are The Patients

Mothers will always try to protect their children from everything they possibly can. We keep them away from sick people and make sure they have enough layers on to keep them warm in winter. Being a mom is a challenge, sometimes we lose, and sometimes we win.

Children who are frightened or injured will cry out for mommy. Mommy will administer tender loving care, a kiss and a band aid; the child will instantly feel better. There are those times when a kiss and a band aid simply do not cover the situation.

We hear more and more about children with cancer these days. These children and their parents are discovering that life is about to change for them forever. Cancer treatments are very apt to include surgery along with chemotherapy or radiation. This is terribly hard on a child, and possibly just as hard on the parents who stand by helplessly. Mothers are used to taking control of their kids' wellbeing through sickness and health, we fall apart when hugs and kisses won't make it all better, our child is in pain and there is nothing we can do about it.

To ease our souls a little bit, there are doctors working 24/7 to find new ways to cure cancers of all types. There have been enormous sums of money donated from people and agencies around the globe to spend on cancer research so doctors and researchers can devote their time and energy full time to finding new avenues that make a difference in cancer treatment. There have been major medical breakthroughs throughout the years in cancer prevention and treatment, thanks to these donors and scientists.

We see it about once a year that big corporations like Wal-Mart or Safeway ask all their customers if they would like to donate a dollar or more for cancer research. Many people gladly give an extra dollar to support these hospitals and research centers. Often times though we hear the person checking out in front of us say "No thanks," or "Not today." While we all have to make sure we can support our own families before helping support others, we should always try to give when we are able. If everyone in America gave just one dollar, it would make a tremendous difference in cancer research.

Most of us never imagine that it could be our child who suddenly gets sick and is diagnosed with cancer. We figure that since we have no history of cancer in our family surely our children won't have to worry about that. No parent ever expects their child will get sick, especially not with cancer. But those parents and children who suddenly find their world upside down cannot stress enough how important cancer research is.

No matter who we are, there is unanimous agreement that no innocent child deserves to suffer, especially from a disease as painful and stressful as cancer. Fortunately, millions of dollars are contributed to cancer research every year. Unfortunately, there exist many rare forms of the disease that have no cure at all and the outlook remains grim. In the case of the cancers where treatments are available, the patient is considered to be cured if the remission lasts five years. Five years in a child's life is forever.

As parents, the thing that we want most for our children is for them to live long and happy lives. While we cannot kiss their boo boos to make it all better, we can donate to cancer research in the hopes that one day doctors will be able to discover a permanent cure for cancer because every kid deserves the chance to live their live to the fullest.

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